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DesignGroup’s design philosophy expresses how we work and think. Inside our firm, it’s a foundational vision. Outside the firm, it’s a differentiating approach that puts our clients and their communities at the center of everything we do. Here’s a closer look at how we define what we do every day.

For DesignGroup’s Char Hawkins, National Cancer Survivor month isn’t just inspiring, it’s personal. In this new essay, she tells her own cancer story and how it shaped her approach to healthcare experience design — and her perception of ideal care.

Making a building more “green” is always our goal — but sustainable features can add expense to the project. Enter the Green Revolving Fund, an exciting new way to make the numbers work.

Every four years, Facility Guidelines Institute (FGI) releases an update. With the rollout of the 2022 FGI Guidelines for Hospitals fast approaching, DesignGroup has broken down key changes and what they mean for facilities moving forward.

Every four years, Facility Guidelines Institute (FGI) releases an update. With the rollout of the 2022 FGI Guidelines for Hospitals fast approaching, DesignGroup has broken down key changes and what they mean for facilities moving forward.

Healthcare design projects involve countless input from partners and stakeholders. One group that shouldn’t be overlooked: the people who will use the building when it’s complete. Tapping into their needs and experiences can make your next project even more successful.

What started as a series of individual imaging replacements in Pittsburgh’s West Penn Hospital became an opportunity to do much more – and reflect more deeply on patient and visitor experiences.

BIM collaboration. Next-generation workplace design. And the unique melancholy designers feel at the end of a years-long project. We published dozens of original articles in the Big Ideas section of our website last year. Here are the five most popular posts from 2020.

Building information modeling, or BIM, provides powerful 3D design and review capabilities to any project. When the project is this big, though, it needs to be managed with extra care. In this Q-and-A, BIM managers from DesignGroup and HDR describe their successful collaboration on a massive new OSU Wexner Medical Center project.

It’s easy to add superficial nature elements to design, indoors and out. Environmental psychologist Dr. Judith Heerwagen advocates for thinking about it much more deeply. DesignGroup’s Chris Haedt spoke with her about biophilic design and how architecture can be improved through an evolutionary, biological perspective.